66 Manuscripts
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
8763542641
ISBN-13
9788763542647
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Imprint
Museum Tusculanum Press
Country of Manufacture
DK
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2014
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
1,118 grams
Dimensions
25.70 x 20.40 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Old NorseAnthologiesAnthologies (non-poetry)
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This volume commemorates the three-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Icelandic scholar and antiquarian Árni Magnússon, who served as secretary of the Royal Archives and professor of Danish antiquities at the University of Copenhagen, in addition to building the most important collection of early Scandinavian manuscripts in existence. The book presents descriptions of sixty-six manuscripts from the collection, one for each year of Magnússon''s life, complemented by high-quality color photographs, a comprehensive introduction to Magnússon''s life, and a chapter on book production in the medieval period. Published in collaboration with the Arnamagnæan Institute at the Department of Nordic Research, Copenhagen and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík.
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